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The Office Xmas Party

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16:21 / 14.12.05

Paradox: I am engorged, yet I am also limp.

Bloated like a tick on shrimp, pasta, etouffee and truffles am I.

18:00 / 14.12.05

Bear - you mean you didn't shout MY NAME IS BEAR! at the interview when they asked you what your weakness was?

Hattie - can I hire that guy for my xmas party? I am rather afraid that we won't have anyone that obnoxious and I feel responsible for the lack since I organised the do.

Pooky Is Just My Pornstar Name

12:13 / 24.12.05

Had my office xmas party a few days ago. Working for The Man can have its perks. We went to a swank restaurant and had cocktails, a lavish supper, wine, wine, and more booze. It was open bar pratically all night. However, there was no major misbehaviour as far as I know. This year we included spouses, so everybody was a goodboy/girl and there was no illicit snogging/shagging. Then again, I left early, so maybe there was some good ol naughty behaviour. I left early because a) the party was boring, and b) the horror of watching my colleagues try to dance was too much to bear. I may not dance very well (bad knees, y'know) but at least I have the sense, even soused to not get up on the dance floor and make a right fool of myself.

15:28 / 24.12.05

For my christmas party we went for a cruise on the Thames then had dinner. Working from home I don't know many people so it was more of a PR exercise on my part than a get drunk with all my mates from work as it should be. I went to bed at about 10:30.

I did ,however, go to the christmas party at my old work and did disgrace myself in fine (or 'Loomis') fashion. Hurrah!

15:40 / 24.12.05

One of the only x-mas parties that I went to with work went thus - I was working at a cinema, was due to work the next day for a preview of Free Willie 2 for a bunch of kids. The manager was pouring the drinks, and ended up handing out full glasses of jack daniels. I threw a pint of guinness over the christmas tree which had a set of musical lights on it that were driving me mad. A gang of people went into one o the screens to get, er, intimate. Another couple spent the night trying to get other couples interested in a bit of swinging action. I ended up drinking until about 6 in the morning, fell asleep in the managers office, was working by the cleaners at 7 and then had to clock in to work. I managed to sleep in one of the screens later that day (christmas eve) and even managed to sneek off to see the Alien War thing in the Trocodero (which was really good). Haven't been to many more.

18:56 / 24.12.05

Had my party tuesday. A good old piss up in a pub upstairs. DJ equipment for our own music. Some strange problem with the air con meant that it was boiling all night. Good fun though. We usually use our own venue for a party, but this time it was vetoed on cost grounds. The past has seen full on covers bands (all staff members), modern dance troupes (agian staff members, and with a choreographer), and lots of lights and smoke.

Because it was off the premises this time, we could invite our department and friends only and not even pretend to welcome all the weird people from the rest of the building.

00:23 / 26.12.05

Oy. I had my party this past Friday and since it was a surprise set-up, we were all dreading it earlier in the week. It ended up being fun for plenty of reasons, most of them being of the naughty variety. Let's see what pics there are when we get back into the office on Wednesday.

We gathered at the office to be handed out bonuses while we drank bottles of champaign. We were then broken into teams and had to solve quizzes together to find out the next location in the city we had to run or take cabs to... which ended up being other bars along the way to the proper destination. To get the next quiz, we'd have to down a shot, solve the puzzle and so on. The third location was the party spot, a night club that some of us frequent. The first team to enter the club got a free personal day while the last team had to do 5 or so shots to get in. My team came in second.

The food at the club was basically sandwiches but the bar was open and top shelf available. Proceeded to break glasses, drink too much bourbon on the rocks, dance with co-workers. About midway through the day, strippers in mini santa outfits danced with us and tantalized out egos. There was karaoke which the business owner joined in on and proceeded to embarrass us individually. There was also a photo booth downstairs for group pictures as well.

A few of us along the day decided to run off with each other (all singles thankfully) and get into some trouble. I think there was something like 5 couples all together that I'm aware of, self included. Once again, curious to see what the photos are gonna look like. Woke up the next day without a hangover somehow...

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